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Is the West inching toward military intervention in Syria?

The Christian Science Monitor

Is the West inching toward military intervention in Syria? The likelihood of action that is closer to the role the West took last year in Libya seems to be growing, as more countries talk about implementing a no-fly zone and steps to address the needs of the swelling numbers of refugees.

New UN envoy ‘scared’ by Syria task

New UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Friday that he was “scared” at the size of the task of ending the Syria conflict. The former Algerian foreign minister spoke as he started meetings with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UN ambassadors and other top officials before replacing Kofi Annan.

Fighter jets have attacked targets near Marea, north of Aleppo, according to Sky’s special correspondent Alex Crawford. Reporting from the scene, Crawford said: “We were right under one of the president’s fighter jets which was operating in the Marea area 25km north of Aleppo.